Rare Erkennungsmarke: Legion Freies Indien

[jim023haarlem]

Today i found a really nice EKM relic. wich belonged to one of the 1500 Indian soldiers stationed in Zandvoort (Holland)



Enjoy!









https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAv8S3gD1VE


Some photo's of the legion soldiers.

[Gaspare]

- not saying its real or a fake example [hope its authentic for you] .. But that has got to be one of the easiest tags to fake I've ever seen......

[jim023haarlem]

I aint scared it's a fake, found it myself, but i agree it is a very simplistic stamped EKM.




Some more information about the Legion in Zandvoort.

Zandvoort (Holland)

May 1943 / September 1943

Infantry Regiment 950 (Ind)

I. Bataillon – infantry companies 1 to 4.

Approx 1500 soldiers strong.

I. Battalion was reassigned to Zandvoort in May 1943 where they stayed until relieved by Georgian troops in August. In September 1943,
the battalion was deployed on the Atlantic coast of Bordeaux on the Bay of Biscay.

[DeMil]

A nice and rare tag you have found there
And thanks for the history as well.

DeMil

[miraul]

is ok . a modest content like this is typical for other legions tags. regards

[jim023haarlem]

[jim023haarlem]

After some cleaning.





Last Saturday i picked up this Freies legion Indien book.

[Bjorn S]

Wow very nice find!
And great collection.

Greetings from Haarlem!

[Maarten]

Nice find Jim!

[jim023haarlem]

Thanks Maarten!

[Jean-Loup]

That is an extremely interesting tag you have found!
I was lucky to find some foreign volunteer tags a few years ago near my home, and one will now be on the cover of my book:

[MJC]

Jim, congratulations on your exceptional find!

JL, can't wait for your excellent book!